COVID – 19: Pastor who defiantly held church service dies of the virus

Bishop Gerald Glenn did from Covid-19. Photo / The New Deliverance Evangelistic Church – NZ Herald

An evangelical pastor who defiantly held church services even with Covid-19 rampant through the US has died of coronavirus.

Just weeks ago Virginia Bishop Gerald Glenn proudly showed off how packed his church was, vowing to keep preaching “unless I’m in jail or the hospital”.

On March 22, he got his congregation to stand to prove how many there were despite warnings in the US against gatherings of more than 10 people.

During his service, Glenn said: “I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus. You can quote me on that,” he said, repeating it a second time to claps, saying that “people are healed” in his church.

He controversially announced he was “in violation” of safety protocols and vowed to keep the church open, declaring “I am essential”, adding “I’m a preacher – I talk to God.”

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.